The Quiet Time? Pay-beds and Private Practice in the National Health Service
1948–1970
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12210744 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clifford Williamson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 576-595 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social History of Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-631X • E-ISSN: 1477-4666 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/shm/hkv024 |
| OpenAlex | W2006549111 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The study of the history of private practice in the NHS has generally been focused on either the introduction or the abolition of pay-beds. This article looks at the period characterised as the ‘Quiet Time’ when a political consensus seemingly emerged to retain some form of private provision within the service. This piece argues that rather than ‘a quiet time’ it was a period of intense activity and controversy as to the place and contribution of pay-beds when there were multiple attempts to rationalise and to make them cost effective. This article is an original study of a much-neglected subject in public policy history
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |